There are many ways of asking a favor; but to assume that you are granting the favor that you ask shows spirit… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
As a member of the New York Senate from 1966 to 1989, I voted 12 times to establish the death penalty in… — John R. Dunne Copy Share Image
Grace... expresses two complementary thoughts: God's unmerited favor to us through Christ, and God's divine assistance to us through the Holy Spirit. — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Marriage is a formality, a legal bondage. Love is of the heart; marriage is of the mind. That's why I am never… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Television will enormously enlarge the eye's range, and, like radio, will advertise the Elsewhere. Together with the tabs, the mags, and the… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I welcome opposing viewpoints, but I should warn you that you'll be facing off against the 2nd-place finisher at the 1981 Charleston… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its… — A. V. Dicey Copy Share Image
The H-bomb rather favors small nations that doesn't as yet possess it; they feel slightly more free to jostle other nations, having… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I think that by staying out of shape at the age of 33 I'm doing myself a huge favor for my future.… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
We are all in favor of immigration that determines who gets in, the quantity of people who get in, whether they assimilate… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The more humanity owes him, the more society denies him. Every door is shut against him, even when he has a right… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'€™t the first president to abuse executive… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
What makes a free thinker is not his beliefs, but the way in which he holds them. If he holds them because… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think pro-athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create! Lets… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
Jimmy Carter, who embraced all manner of schemes to make America a second or third-rate country, came down so squarely in favor… — Patrick Bedard Copy Share Image
The alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I could not but smile to think in what out-of-the-way corners genius produces her bantlings! And the Muses, those capricious dames, who,… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A great love is a credit opened in favor of a power so consuming that the moment of bankruptcy must inevitably occur. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it's profits or so dependent on it's favors, that there… — Mayer Amschel Rothschild Copy Share Image
It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The whole point about thinking brilliantly is about knowing your identity and the favor you have in Christ — Graham Cooke Copy Share Image
People tend to favor the underdog, like in the movies we favor the underdog, but when it comes to voting, we vote… — Jon Gnarr Copy Share Image
I favor candidates who are biblically oriented, who hold the views of the Ten Commandments. — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The unrestrained freedom of thinking and of openly making known one's thoughts is not inherent in the rights of citizens and is… — Pope Gregory XVI Copy Share Image
I was an avidly pro-life governor; I'm an avidly pro-life individual. As a pro-life Republican, I am in favor of having the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
It is not difficult to rebuild a life. All we need is to be aware that we have the same strength we… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
And, by the way, how come all the people who were so in favor of unilateral nuclear disarmament are so opposed to… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It's perfectly ordinary to be a socialist. It's perfectly normal to be in favor of fire departments. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I favor a picture which arrives at its destination without the evidence of a trying journey rather than one which shows the… — Charles Sheeler Copy Share Image
[Visiting Richard Nixon] useful only to me. The experience taught me that when people do something against you, that something always turns… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image